Faculty & Staff
Eric Leuschner

Chair and Professor
PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004
History and Theory of the Novel, Representations and Discourses of the University, Eighteenth-Century British Literature
Office: Rarick Hall 370
Phone: 628-4285
E-mail: edleuschner@fhsu.edu
Amy Richecky

Senior Administrative Assistant
B.A., Business Administration, Fort Hays State University, 2010
Office: Rarick Hall 370
Phone: 628-4285
E-mail: ajrichecky@fhsu.edu
Lexey Bartlett

Associate Professor
Writing Center Director
Nationally Competitive Scholarships Advisor
PhD, University of Texas at Arlington, 2005
British and Comparative Literature, Nineteenth Century to the Present; Critical Theory; Mythology; Composition
Office: Rarick Hall 365
Phone: 628-5817
E-mail: labartlett@fhsu.edu
Morgan Chalfant

Instructor
MA, Fort Hays State University, 2010
Composition
Office: Rarick Hall 359
Phone: 628-5916
E-mail: mcchalfant@fhsu.edu
Cheryl Hofstetter Duffy

Professor
Becky and Mike Goss Distinguished Professor of Excellence in Teaching
Director of Composition
PhD, University of Kansas, 1996
Composition and Rhetoric, English Language, Service Learning
Office: Rarick Hall 357
Phone: 628-5317
E-mail: cduffy@fhsu.edu
Sharon Graham

Instructor
MA, Lincoln Christian University, 2012
MDivBL, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1997
Composition, English as a Second/Foreign Language, Intercultural Studies, Distance Education
Office: Forsyth Library 070
Phone: 628-4651
E-mail: sagraham2@fhsu.edu
Jason Harper

Senior Lecturer and International Programs Coordinator of FHSU's China-based English Composition, Global English, Health and Human Performance Studies, Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Studies located at Shenyang Normal University and Sias Zhengzhou University
MPS, Human Resource Management, Fort Hays State University, (2021)
CELTA, University of Cambridge-Beijing, 2008
MFA, Wichita State University, 2006
MA, Northern Michigan University, 2002
ESL/EFL Writing, Composition, Multicultural Rhetorics, Psychoanalytic Literature
Office: Rarick Hall 377
Phone: 628-4773
E-mail for students: jkharper@mail.fhsu.edu
Administrative E-mail: jkharper@fhsu.edu
Perry Neil Harrison

PhD, Baylor University, 2018
History of the English Language, Linguistics, Old and Middle English Literature, Old Saxon Literature, Technical Writing
Sharla Hutchison

Professor
Coordinator, Master of Liberal Studies Literary Arts Concentration
PhD, University of Oklahoma, 2002
British and American Literary Modernism, Women's Writing, Critical Theory, Composition
Office: Rarick Hall 374
Phone: 628-5376
E-mail: shutchis@fhsu.edu
Imelda Koenke

Instructor
MSE, Fort Hays State University
English as a Second Language
Office: Forsyth Library 054
Phone: 628-4492
E-mail: i_koenke@fhsu.edu
Jason Markins

Assistant Professor
M.A., West Virginia University, 2011
Ph.D. Syracuse University, (2021)
Composition and Rhetoric, Writing Studies Pedagogy, Digital Humanities, and Multimodal Composition
Office: Rarick Hall 363
Phone: 628-4243
E-mail: jrmarkins@fhsu.edu
Linda McHenry

Instructor
Coordinator of Composition Assessment
MA, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 1993
Specialist in the Teaching of Writing
Office: Rarick Hall 358
Phone: 628-5913
E-mail: lrmchenry@fhsu.edu
Michael F. Meade

Associate Professor
PhD, Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin, 1969
Twentieth-Century European Novel; French, German, Italian; Literary Criticism; Renaissance Art and Literature
Office: Rarick Hall 372
Phone: 628-5385
E-mail: mmeade@fhsu.edu
Camilo Peralta

MA, Southern New Hampshire University
BA, Loyola University of Chicago
Office: Rarick 361
Phone: 628-4171
E-mail: cgperalta@fhsu.edu
Deborah K. Pfeifer

Director of English as a Second Language and Instructor
MS, Education/ ESL emphasis, Fort Hays State University, 2002
ESL, EFL, Language Acquisition
Office: Forsyth Library 050
Phone: 628-5655
E-mail: dkpfeifer@fhsu.edu
Pauline Scott

Professor
MA English Advisor
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994
Early Modern Literature, Comparative Literature, and Literary Theory
Office: Rarick Hall 364
Phone: 628-5330
E-mail: pmscott3@fhsu.edu
Matthew Smalley

Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Kansas, 2016
19th Century American Literature and Culture, Early American Literature, African American Literature, US Literature of the Immigrant Experience, Religion and Literature, 20th Century American Literature
Office: Rarick Hall 375
Phone: 628-5341
E-mail: mrsmalley3@fhsu.edu
Linda E. Smith

Instructor
MA, Fort Hays State University, 1993
English as a Second Language, Composition, Environmental Literature, Leopold Education Project, Secondary Education
Office: Rarick Hall 367
Phone: 628-4210
E-mail: lsmith@fhsu.edu
Brett Weaver

Professor
PhD, University of North Texas, 2000
Creative Writing (Fiction and Drama), Latin-American Literature
Office: Rarick Hall 380
Phone: 628-4220
E-mail: bweaver@fhsu.edu
Bradley Will

Associate Professor
Assistant Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
PhD, University of Oklahoma, 1998
Twentieth-Century American Literature, Literary Theory, Science-Fiction and Fantasy Literature, the Sublime
Office: Rarick Hall 112
Phone: 628-5347
E-mail: bwill@fhsu.edu
Sharon Wilson

Instructor
Director of Teacher Education
MA, University of Nebraska, Omaha, 1972
Ethnic Literature, especially Native-American and Hispanic; Young-Adult Literature
Office: Rarick Hall 373
Phone: 628-5814
E-mail: swilson@fhsu.edu
International Faculty
Cathy Adams

Lecturer of English/FHSU Online International
at Shenyang Normal University
CELTA, University of Cambridge-Chiang Mai, 2014
MFA, Pacific Lutheran University, 2010
MA, State University of West Georgia, 1994
Composition
Office: College of International Business, 612
E-mail: caadams2@fhsu.edu
J. Lynn Adams

Instructor of English/FHSU Online International
at Shenyang Normal University
CELTA, University of Cambridge-Beijing, 2019
MA, University of Texas at Tyler, 2015
JD, Michigan State University, 2012
Composition
Office: College of International Business, 612
E-Mail: jladams8@fhsu.edu
Andy Bolt

Lecturer of English/FHSU Online International
at Shenyang Normal University
MFA, George Mason University, 2010
MA, Kansas State University, 2006
Composition
Office: College of International Business, 612
E-mail: ajbolt@fhsu.edu
Mona Curtis

Instructor of English/FHSU Online International
at Zhengzhou Sias University
Composition
Kayla Dean

Instructor of English/FHSU Online International
at Zhengzhou Sias University
M.A., Arkansas State University 2011
Composition
Office: Hammond Hall 15-212
E-mail: kidean@fhsu.edu
Brian Funke

at Zhengzhou Sias University
M.A., Azusa Pacfic University 2020
Composition, Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
E-mail: bcfunke@fhsu.edu
Mary Huyck-Mulka

Lecturer of English/FHSU Online International
at Zhengzhou Sias University
MS, Fort Hays State University, 2014
MFA, Minnesota State University Moorhead, 2009
Composition, Creative Writing, Instructional Technology, English as a Foreign Language, Publishing and Mass Media
E-mail: mehuyck@fhsu.edu
Randy Jones

Lecturer of English/FHSU Online International
at Shenyang Normal University
CELTA, University of Cambridge-Beijing, 2019
MEd - TESOL, Shenandoah University, 2012
Composition, Argumentation, English as a Second Language
Office: College of International Business, 612
E-mail: jrjones2@fhsu.edu
Ward Kelman

at Zhengzhou Sias University
Thaddeus McCleary

Instructor of English/FHSU Online International
at Zhengzhou Sias University
Composition, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Business English, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
E-mail: tbmccleary@fhsu.edu
Neil Mulka

Lecturer of English/FHSU Online International
at Zhengzhou Sias University
MA, Emporia State University, 2015
Composition, Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
E-mail: ncmulka@fhsu.edu
Damien Shuck

Instructor of English/FHSU Online International at Zhengzhou Sias University
MFA- University of Southern Maine 2009
Composition
E-mail: dlshuck@fhsu.edu
J. Marcus Weekley

at Zhengzhou Sias University
David Zwillick
Instructor of English/FHSU Online International at Zhengzhou Sias University
E-mail: dszwillick@fhsu.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Bryan Corbin

Instructor
EdD, Southwestern College, 2016
MA, Western New Mexico University, 2013,
MA Chatham University, 2009
Composition, Appreciative Inquiry, ESL/EFL, Business Writing
E-mail: bmcorbin@fhsu.edu
Gennifer Marconette

Courtney Rankin
